- Shannon MacMillan
Football player infobox
playername = Shannon MacMillan
fullname = Shannon Ann MacMillan
nickname = Mac
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|10|07
cityofbirth = Syosset, New York
countryofbirth = United States
height = 5'5"
years =
clubs = San Diego Spirit
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position = midfielder/forward
youthyears =
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nationalyears = 1994-2006
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 176(60)
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MedalTopShannon MacMillan (born
October 7 ,1974 inSyosset, New York ) is a former American professional soccer player. She was a member of the
U.S. Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the1996 Summer Olympics and at the
1999 Women's World Cup.She was US Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year for 2002.In 2007, MacMillan became an assistant coach for theUCLA women's soccer team.cite web|url=http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/071607aab.html|title=UCLA Women's Soccer Names Shannon MacMillan Assistant Coach|date=2007-07-16|accessdate=2007-09-04]MacMillan attended
San Pasqual High School inEscondido, California , and then played for theUniversity of Portland , where she won theHermann Trophy for the best female collegiate soccer player of the 1995 season. While still in college, she joined the US National Team in 1994 as amidfielder . By 2000, she moved to forward.In the Olympic semifinal against Norway in 1996, she scored the game-winning goal in overtime.In the Olympic final against China, she collected a Mia Hamm shot that rebounded off the post and put itin for the first goal of the match.
She was a "super-sub" on the US WNT's 1999 Women's World Cup team and the 2000 Olympic team. She earned a spot on the roster for the 2003 Women's World Cup team after making a miraculously quick recovery from an ACL tear suffered just four months before the tournament began.
MacMillan was one of the founding players of the
Women's United Soccer Association , playing three seasons for theSan Diego Spirit .She retired from international play in 2006 at the age of 31. She finished her international career with 60 goals and with 175 caps, the tenth most of any woman in history up to that time.
She was inducted into the
Oregon Sports Hall of Fame onSeptember 25 2007 .cite web|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/sportsupdates/2007/08/the_oregon_sports_hall_of.html|title=2007 Oregon Hall of Fame inductees|date=August 3 ,2007 |accessdate=2007-08-03|work=OregonLive.com]External links
* [http://www.ussoccer.com/teams/teamhome_custom.sps?iType=266&mtype=8201 Official WNT Current Player Pool]
* [http://www.ussoccer.com/bio/bio.sps?iBiographyID=1081 Official Player Profile]
* [http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_1211.htm Shannon MacMillan's U.S. Olympic Team bio]References
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